Chapter 7- Horribly Wrong

Disclaimer: Number seven. RAWRRR, I. do. Not. Own. Zerudaaaa. Oh, or Ninty. huggles Ninty

Notes: Rawrrr, sorry for not updating in a few days. I've been lazy. Longish chapter (for me, at least.) this time, enjoy.

Reviewer(s) Section: I don't feel like commenting on your reviews. Har har.
Ok… fine.

Sakurelle: …She liked the fluff. W00t.
The-Jaron: Keeps noticing every single little detail D: (is that good?)
CakeMaddy: For having a new spiffy name. And yeah… Zelda is totally not crazy any more.
KetGirl: Gets a Gold Star for learning a new word! Grats!

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Enjoy the plot twist.
-Evil Laughter-


Link's PoV
Next Morning

I woke up the next morning and rolled over to find… nothing. The Princess was gone from our make-shift tent. Panicking, I scurried out into the small clearing and looked around.

"Zelda?! Zelda?" I called. There was no answer.

I ran through the trees and bushes north of our campsite hoping to find something. What'd happened? She'd been there last night… How could they… or it, have taken her without waking me?

None of this makes any sense! I thought.

Sinking to my knees, I bent over with my hands on the ground and was about to try to remember what had happened last night when I noticed a slight indent in the sandy ground.

"A footprint…" I quietly said to myself.

Standing up, I noticed that the trail of footprints went on. I unsheathed my sword and followed them. I came to another, larger clearing eventually. Looking around the area, I saw more footprints; some of the same kind I'd been following, and some smaller and differently shaped. There were also small traces of blood in the sand. There was no one else on this island but Zelda and I… or at least that I knew of. Putting it all together, I gasped and mentally slapped myself.

Zelda had been here.

Well, not just Zelda. There was obviously someone else, someone she fought with. But why were there only one set of footprints leading here? I sighed, and was about to keep walking but I suddenly felt dizzy and fell to my knees. I found myself looking up at the sky, which was fading quickly. I thought I might have heard something coming through the bushes but there was no telling, as I was quickly loosing consciousness.

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Zelda's PoV

"Link… Link, wake up!" I whispered.

I shook him hard, but it was no use… I sighed and looked down at my sloppily bandaged hands.

"Sheik…" I thought.

Of course, I had no way of knowing if this was all… 'Its' doing anyway. I sighed again. Goddesses, I'd been doing that a lot lately.

I had just woken up minutes ago to the sound of out cell door being flung open so that 'it' could throw my love's unconscious body in. I lay completely still so that it wouldn't know I'd awoken. I didn't know what it'd do if it knew but I'm sure it wouldn't be good. Why was it doing this anyway? Who was it even working for, and why? Ganondorf? No, Link and I sealed him away, deep below Underwater Hyrule… Speaking of that place, I wonder whatever happened to it… And if it was flooded and Link and I were inside, there's no way we floated to the top ourselves. Just who had saved us?

I gasped at the sound of light footsteps coming down the hall, or what I assumed was a hall next to our cell. I lay down and once again pretended to sleep. The cell door opened moments later and I felt something lightly kick me in my side.

"Wake up, little Princess, you're not fooling anyone here." it said in a playful voice.

I slowly opened my eyes and looked up at it. Its blood red eyes were fierce, and yet filled with sadistic amusement. It giggled at me as I used my sore and painful hands to lift my body into a sitting position.

"W-what are you? Who are you?" I asked, trying to sound fierce.

"Hahaha… You really want to know? Fine. I'm your ancestor. I'm a Zelda of the past."

"What?! That can't be true! I don't believe you. My ancestors were noble and… and…-"

"Stuff it, girly. I've heard about enough of that nobleness. Do you know why you're on this island?"

"No, why don't you tell me? What are your plans? Why are you holding us hostage?!"

"Hehe. Okay, Princess, you asked for it. I'm here because I actually need your help… You see, something happened in the past when you touched that harp. It wasn't supposed to be found, for it secretes a great power that is uncontrollable by people. Even you, Princess. My essence was trapped inside of that harp, sealed for all eternity by a strong power. The real me perished long ago… By holding that harp, you effectively corrupted the flow of time, causing things that aren't supposed to happen, to well… happen. Need I go on?"

"B-But it's just a stupid harp! All I did was… All it did was… I don't-… you're me?"

"I am certainly not you; I am the essence which resides in all of the 'Zelda' of the Royal Family. I basically make you what you are. That harp housed me. And you-… Oh my, I'm repeating myself now. Well, you get it.

"No, I don't! Why are you doing this? What made you want me to free you? What part of time did I corrupt?"

"Well, you corrupted the battle with Ganon that happened long, long ago. You… Ganon… Link died." She said flatly.

I couldn't believe what I had heard just then. Link, or rather Link's ancestor died in the fight against Ganon? She's right, I did screw time. But if Link's direct ancestor died, wouldn't that mean that the Link I know is… is… I gasped and looked behind me. Usually in the stories I heard from him, when someone's direct family member was killed, the person in the present completely vanished but… His body was still there.

"Bu-but… Link! He's still here! He's alive, right? See, his body is still here and all." I said hopefully.

"Haha… no. You fail, little Princess! He's dead. His body is simply an empty vessel right now. No pulse, no nothing. Even if you did somehow make things right in the past again, it would be too late for your little hero friend. He's been dead for too long to be revived." She said.

"No! That can't be true! I don't believe you!" I yelled.

I kneeled beside him and took his wrist in my hand, feeling for a pulse. I didn't feel anything… But I was never good at finding a pulse in someone's wrist! Thinking there could still be hope, I checked the spot in his neck. There was still nothing. I panicked, throwing myself onto him and moving my ear to his chest. I didn't hear anything. I lifted my head and sat there in complete shock with my mouth hanging open.

This couldn't be happening. It just couldn't.

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OMFG, LINK IS THE DEDZ. Lololol. Mmm… Sorry for not updating in a few days. Hope you guys liked this one… I have nothing else to say. Oh right, I didn't proof read this one. Whoops.

-Paaai.